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NUTCRACKER CHILI 1 pound boneless and skinless squirrel meat chopped into about ½” squares (chicken, pheasant, or rabbit meat will subtitute well) 1 medium onion, chopped 1-1/2 tspn garlic powder 1 tblspn oil 2 each 15-1/2 ounce cans great northern beans, rinsed and drained 1 each...

Nutcracker Chili. Tonight is our local Blowhard Chili Challenge Cookoff. I was asked to provide a squirrel meat entry. Let me know if you want the recipe.

Have you seen this report? https://ohiotimberworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/July-2025-Report-1.pdf

The inexpensive stuff is likely to introduce more than you paid for.

One of my favorites: biscuits and squirrel meat in gravy!

SWMBO now likes squirrel meat more than rabbit meat, scoiattolo alfredo being high on her list. I like fox squirrels seared then simmered in a skillet, deep-fried, stewed, boiled, or baked. Rocky (the flying squirrel) Wings (forelegs) make a great alternative to chicken wings. I've enjoyed...

We salvaged one of these (Dewey Decimal card cabinet), and now it's in the basement, repurposed as a wine storage unit.

There's one of these still out in the shop. The grandkids could never figure out where the batteries went.

I'm confident the US Army will field countermeasures that are exponentially more expensive than a high-school skeet team. Drones - How the Military Shotgun Found a New Niche Defeating Drones: The Most Promising Weapons Are All Non-Kinetic

Drones are changing the battlefield, period.

Bigcounty40, yeah, but are you having fun? (y)

There are friends and then there are really, really good friends.

Savage 24V-A .222/20Ga O/U Mint Condition Rare "Triple Deuce" Over 20 Gauge I once had a Savage M24 .22LR/.410bore combo that took everything from small game up to white-tailed deer.

Klondike Derby, BSA Camp Miakonda, Toledo, '61 - '63, Troop 24. My brother and I won the "Start-A-Fire-Without-Matches-and-Bring-a-Coffee-Can-Half-Full-of-Soapy-Water-to-a-Boil-Until-The-Suds-Overflows" event. We did it faster than you could say the event's name out loud. Not really, but we...

Those maturity wrinkles matter.